Friedrich Wiese

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Years of service 1914–191935–45 Service/branch German Army Name Friedrich Wiese		Other work Police officer Rank General der Infanterie

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1919) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowBattle of KurskBattle of Smolensk (1943)Operation DragoonPrague Offensive Died February 13, 1975, Giessen, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France Commands held 26th Infantry Division, 35e corps d'armee, VIII Army Corps, 19th Army, XI Army Corps Similar People Alexander Patch, Jacob L Devers, Johannes Blaskowitz, Lucian Truscott, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

Friedrich Wiese (5 December 1892 – 13 February 1975) was a German general in the Wehrmacht who commanded the 19th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (15 February 1916) & 1st Class (29 September 1918)

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (3 June 1940) & 1st Class (14 June 1940)

German Cross in Gold on 16 February 1942 as Oberst in Infanterie-Regiment 39

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 14 February 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 39

Oak Leaves on 24 January 1944 as General der Infanterie and commander of XXXV. Armeekorps

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